Hi, Karuna
CDD → benefit → B1
CDD first → fin de CDD → unemployment benefit (~950 €) → French course.
Where you're heading
This is the future behind every step on your roadmap.
Your path
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~3 months CDD work (~455 h) Femme de ménage · hotels / interim
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Fin de CDD Unemployment benefit opens ~950 €/mo · ~14–18 months (see France Travail tab)
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On benefit B1 course (3 mo max) AF Strasbourg · AFC if FT agrees
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2026–27 B2 → C1 · settle in Move to Strasbourg? Canada? · job · next level
CDD job hunt
~455 h in ~3 months on a new CDD unlocks the ARE path after fin de CDD.
Hotels · hôtellerie · interim · ~35 h/week · Colmar + Strasbourg. Saved in your browser.
Déménagement · relocation to Strasbourg
Get a CDD → apply for ARE after ~3 months
Work ~455 h on a new CDD · when the CDD ends, apply for unemployment benefit · do FT réinscription in parallel
Before Tuesday — prep
Training list · FT app · CDD search · Colmar + Strasbourg
- Ask FT or check app: which formations are funded (AFC catalogue)
- Use France Travail app to search housekeeping CDD near Colmar / Strasbourg
- Apply via FT · Indeed · interim · save rejections as PDF
France Travail — Tuesday
Counsellor meeting · school funding · titre + letter only
Unemployment benefit (ARE)
How ARE works for your case
ARE = Allocation d'Aide au Retour à l'Emploi — monthly unemployment payment from France Travail / UNEDIC.
After your CDD ends with enough hours, France Travail can open your benefit. Quatorze time already on file increases the amount.
From UNEDIC.pdf (DAJ 1240) · Karuna, 42 · femme de ménage near SMIC · Alsace-Moselle
Karuna's case — Quatorze attestation + ~3 mo new CDD
- On fileQuatorze §6.1 + UNEDIC.pdf
- Duration~14–18 mo
- Total est.~13 000–18 000 €
Fin de CDD → ARE opens · ~950 €/mo est. · Quatorze §6.1 boosts amount. Must stay réinscrite at FT + valid titre.
